Enlightenment Philosophers and Concepts

Many of the philosophers that inspired America's founders developed ideas during what movement?

• The Enlightenment

• The Renaissance

• The French Revolution

• The American Revolution

Wrote "Leviathan" and argued that a powerful monarch was needed to protect and govern humanity.

• John Locke

• Thomas Hobbes

• Voltaire

• Baron Montesquieu

The concept that citizens give up some freedoms in exchange for government protection.

• Machiavellianism

• Social Contract

• Limited Government

• Natural Rights

Wrote about natural rights, including life, liberty, and property.

• Thomas Hobbes

• Baron Montesquieu

• John Locke

• Rousseau

Described the need for the separation of powers in his book, "The Spirit of the Laws".

• Rousseau

• John Locke

• Baron Montesquieu

• Voltaire

Salutary Neglect was when England...

• Refused to give colonists Parliament representative

• Failed to enforce laws in the colonies

• Ignored colonists demands

• Imposed taxes on the American colonies

Rousseau's idea for direct democracy came from which society?

• Athens

• Sparta

• Rome

• England

The idea of a representative democracy came largely from which society?

• Athens

• Rome

• England

• Sparta

This 1215 document limited the power of England's monarch.

• Magna Carta

• Hammurabi's Code

• Petition of Right

• English Bill of Rights

The idea that government must follow law like everyone else.

• Limited government

• Separation of Powers

• Rule of Law

• Popular Sovereignty